House of Stassi’s Taylor Strecker on Falling for Her Best Friend and Coming Out to Her Audience

October 20, 2026

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Taylor Strecker has spent two decades in radio and podcasting, interviewing everyone from Joan Rivers to a pre-fame Taylor Swift. But when she sat down with Carl Radke for More Life, the conversation turned inward: what it meant to fall for her best friend while still married to a man, to come out to an audience that thought it knew her, and to navigate IVF, parenthood, and reality TV as a queer woman whose identity resists easy labels.

From Radio Host to Reality Cast Member

Strecker’s career began at Sirius XM, where she hosted Wake Up with Taylor and built a reputation as a sharp, sometimes combative interviewer. She met Stassi Schroeder when the Vanderpump Rules star came on as a guest, and the two eventually trauma-bonded during a rough patch in both their lives — Schroeder fresh off quitting the show and living in a tiny New York apartment with her boyfriend, Strecker unhappily married to a man she calls “Wasband.” That friendship later led to Strecker’s role on House of Stassi (originally titled Stassi Says), where she went from asking the questions to being the subject of them.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:41) **Welcome and Introductions** - Carl Radke introduces Taylor Strecker, host of *Taste of Taylor* and co-host of *Stassi with Tay* on Netflix, and they reminisce about their long friendship.
2 (08:06) **Interviewing Reality Stars: Lessons and Regrets** - Taylor reflects on meeting her heroes and getting things wrong about reality stars over 15 years.
3 (12:04) **Ad Break: NOCD, Cure, Quince** - Sponsored segment for OCD treatment, electrolyte mix, and clothing brand.
4 (16:55) **From Interviewer to Reality Star: The House of Stassi Journey** - Taylor explains how she went from covering Bravo to being on it, including being ghosted by *Real Housewives of New Jersey*.
5 (20:29) **The Stassi Schroeder Friendship Origin Story** - Taylor details how she met Stassi and how they became best friends through trauma bonding.
6 (24:48) **The Flip Side: Being a Viewer vs. Being a Subject** - Taylor reflects on how being on reality TV changed her perspective as a fan and how she handles criticism.
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Guests on this episode

Carl Radke

Show Notes

Taylor Strecker spent 15 years interviewing reality stars before she became one herself. On this episode of More Life with Carl Radke, the House of Stassi star sits down with Carl, a friend of more than 10 years, for her most open conversation yet about coming out, leaving her marriage, falling in love with her best friend, and starting a family with her wife, Teddy.

Taylor is the host of the Taste of Taylor podcast, the co-host of Stassi with Tay with Stassi Schroeder, and a longtime Bravo and Real Housewives superfan. She tells Carl how she met Stassi at SiriusXM, why she kept her relationship with Teddy quiet for a year before telling her audience, and how IVF and becoming a parent changed the way she sees everything, including reality TV.

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